RhinoCommon Visual Studio Extensions

Includes RhinoCommon, Grasshopper, Zoo, and Rhino C++ templates and wizards for Visual Studio on Windows and Mac.

Manual Install Instructions (Visual Studio)

1. Download the latest .vsix release.
2. Close any instances of Visual Studio.
3. Double click the .vsix in File Explorer.
4. Run through the wizard to install the extension.
5. Start Visual Studio and create a new RhinoCommon or Grasshopper project.

Using dotnet new

1. Install the templates from nuget. This will show the list of all templates after a successful install.

   dotnet new install Rhino.Templates

2. Create a new folder for your project:

   mkdir MyNewRhinoPlugin
   cd MyNewRhinoPlugin

3. Show options for the templates:

   dotnet new rhino --help
   dotnet new grasshopper --help

4. Create the project

   dotnet new rhino

5. Build your project

   dotnet build

Additional Resources

See https://developer.rhino3d.com/guides/rhinocommon/ for guides on how to start with Rhino Plug-In development.